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    Subsea 7 to install Búzios 8 SURF spread offshore Brazil

    May 27, 2022
    Petrobras has awarded Subsea 7 an EPCI contract for the development of the Búzios 8 Field in the presalt Santos Basin offshore Brazil.
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    LUXEMBOURG — Petrobras has awarded Subsea 7 an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for the development of the Búzios 8 Field in the presalt Santos Basin offshore Brazil.

    The location is about 180 km (112 miles) from the coast of Rio de Janeiro in 2,000 m (6,562 ft) water depth.

    Subsea 7 will perform engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and precommissioning of about 126 km (78.3 miles) of rigid risers and flowlines, 98 km (61 miles) of flexible lines and 88 km (54.6 miles) of umbilicals. It will also install the FPSO mooring lines and manage hookup.

    Project management and engineering are underway at offices in Rio de Janeiro and Paris. Fabrication of the pipelines will take place at Subsea 7’s spoolbase at Ubu, Brazil, with offshore operations scheduled for 2024 and 2025.

    05.27.2022

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